Two Toed Ping

"I agree. Keep quiet. Mouth zipped, don't say a word. That's the best thing to do when you're trying to ambush somebody, which is what we're doing here, and it's basically what I'm always doing. I mean, I am a gangster, after all, and -"

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170 AG

One day in late 170 AG, Two Toed Ping and two of his triad friends rode up to one of their protected clients, Mr. Chung, looking for the money he owed them. When the store owner explained that he was unable to pay the requested money, he offered one of his phonographs instead. Two Toed Ping destroyed the object with a fire kick, a move on which Viper humorously commented, saying that Two Toed Ping "[was not] a music lover". Right when the three gangsters threatened to destroy down the phonograph shop, AvatarKorra arrived at the scene and challenged the gangsters. Oblivious to her identity, Korra's statement was met with laughter by Ping and the other two members. Viper told Korra that she was in Triple Threat Triad territory, and that they were about to "put [her] in the hospital". The young Avatar quickly retaliated, telling them that they were the ones that would need a hospital. Enraged by her attitude, Viper attacked.

Upon witnessing AvatarKorra take out his colleagues, Two Toed Ping retaliated by unleashing a firebending attack.

However, in the following moments, Two Toed Ping witnessed at how first Viper and subsequently the earthbender were easily defeated by the Avatar. For a second, Ping was shocked by her power, but his anger against Korra for hurting his fellow Triple Threats and disrespecting his triad gained the upper hand. He attacked her with a fire stream, but she met the blast head on, threw his fire aside and grabbed his wrists. Unable to free himself and knowing what would happen next, Ping cried in fear before Korra threw him through a nearby shop's window.

The triumphant Avatar mocked the drowsy Two Toed Ping by asking whether he and his friends finally got an idea about who she was. Viper and the earthbender, who had taken advantage of the situation to sneak to their Satomobile, signaled Ping to get into the car. As the vehicle was driving by the shop, the earthbender launched Ping into the Satomobile by bending the earth beneath the firebender's feet. The three gangsters subsequently attempted to flee from the Avatar, but were thwarted by Korra again. Her earthbending caused the waterbending member to lose control over the vehicle and the three gangsters crashed into another shop. Soon after, the Metalbending Police Force arrived and arrested Two Toed Ping and his friends, as well as Avatar Korra.[2]

171 AG

Double-crossing Mako and Asami

Six months after the conclusion of the Anti-bending Revolution, Two Toed Ping was present when the Triple Threats' new leader, Viper, was approached by Mako and Asami Sato, wanting to hire their services to guard a decoy shipment bound for the south to catch whoever was intercepting Future Industries products. Although the mobsters accepted, soon after the duo left, a man approached the triad, offering them a better deal for keeping Mako and Asami busy for a couple of hours.

Two Toed Ping picked his toes, showing his polydactyly to a watching Asami.

While waiting for the ship to get ambushed, Ping prodded Mako regarding his relationship with Avatar Korra, to which the firebender admitted that he recently broke up with her. After hearing this, Ping laughed at Mako, not believing that he was the one who had dumped Korra as opposed to be dumped by her. As time passed by uneventful, Ping showed Mako and Asami his twelve toes, telling them how he received his nickname. As Mako went to the ship's deck, Ping was still with Asami picking his own toes, much to her disgust.

After Mako and Asami escaped the ship upon learning of the triad's betrayal, Ping pursued the duo on a speedboat back to Republic City. However, when Asami steered her boat between two large steamboats, Ping's boat followed, though the driver was unable to copy the Sato heiress' maneuver, resulting in their boat's capsize.

The next day, Ping was confronted by an angry Mako, who roughly shoved him against the wall and forced him to relay all he knew about who bought off the triad to double-cross him and Asami. Threatened with the loss of all his toes, Ping confessed to being hired by a middleman, but he knew not who this man was or who he worked for. He was subsequently released by Mako and told to get out of there, something he rapidly did.[1]

174 AG

In the chaotic aftermath of the failed invasion of the United Republic of Nations, Two Toed Ping followed the new leader of the Triple Threat Triad in a turf war with the Creeping Crystal Triad. Outnumbered and being pressed back, Ping suggested they retreat, though Tokuga refused and managed to single-handedly turn the tide in their favor. Before they could conclusively win the battle, the Republic City police intervened, forcing all the triad members to retreat. Two Toed Ping ran into an alley, though before he could make a clean escape, he was caught by Bolin, who tripped him up by bending a rock against his back, and subsequently arrested.

During the ride back to the temporary police headquarters, Two Toed Ping greeted Mushi, a fellow arrested triad member, before turning to Bolin and Mako, asking how they had been, noting that it had been a while since they last saw each other. When Mako told him to be quiet, Ping casually stated that he merely wanted to greet his two favorite former Triple Threat Triad members and expressed how impressed he was of their achievements. Turning to Mushi, he revealed that he and the two brothers had a history together and that he was proud of them for becoming police officers.

Two Toed Ping was manipulated by Mako and Lin into revealing Tokuga's name.

Once at the station, Two Toed Ping was placed in an interrogation room and questioned by Lin Beifong, who wanted to know everything Ping could tell her about the Triple Threat Triads' new leader. Ping adamantly refused any cooperation, but when Lin lied and told him that Mushi had outed him as the mastermind behind the attack on the Creeping Crystals, Ping heatedly defended himself, stating that it had all been Tokuga's plan. Realizing his mistake, Ping feared he was a dead man walking. When Mako asked to elaborate, Ping explained that Tokuga took advantage of the chaos following the destruction of Downtown Republic City by taking over as leader of the Triple Threats and eliminating everyone who did not fall in line.[3]

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Trivia

Two Toed Ping has a scar on his face similar to the scar Jeong Jeong has.

Two Toed Ping owes his nickname to his polydactyly, which gives him one extra toe on each foot; that particular name was adopted because "there was already a Twelve Toed Ping on the south side" of Republic City.[1]